Assisting trauma survivors to regulate emotions and feel safer in the here-and-now, to understand trauma symptoms, and to start to work through their experiences. Untreated trauma symptoms may lead to post traumatic stress disorder which could manifest in:
- Flashbacks (reliving the trauma as if it were happening now)
- High levels of anxiety and fear
- Avoiding the place where the trauma occurred
- Emotional numbness/disconnection from emotions
- Unexplained physical problems
- Negative self-beliefs such as “I am to blame” or “I am not valuable” or “I am worthless"
- Feeling ashamed
- Suicidal thoughts or behaviours
- Nightmares